Greatest Hits

Performer: Gloria Estefan
Artist: Jon Secada; Miami Sound Machine
Engineer: Clay Ostwald; Eric Schilling; Humberto Batica; Humberto Gatica; John Hagg; John Haag
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel includes: Gloria Estefan (vocals); Juanito Marquez, Michael Thompson, Brian Monroney, Rene Luis Toledo (guitar); John DeFaria (guitar, programming); Ed Calle, Mike Scaglione (saxophones); Tony Concepcion (trumpet); Randy Barlow (trumpet, background vocals); Teddy Mulet (trumpet, trombone); Dana Teboe (trombone); Paquito Hechevarria, Angelo Morris (piano); Clay Ostwald (piano, keyboards, organ, programming, background vocals); Jorge Casas (bass, fretless bass, acoustic guitar, programming); Robert Rodriguez (drums); Rafael Padilla (percussion); Jon Secada, Betty Wright, Jeanette Wright-Black, Carl Ramsey, Anita Faye Greene, Rod Wilson, Clovette Hilton, Lawrence Dermer, Rafael Vigil (background vocals); Miami Choral Society. Producers: Jorge Casas, Clay Ostwald, The Jerks, Emilio Estefan Jr. Pricipally recorded at Crescent Moon Studios and Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida. This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players. Personnel includes: Gloria Estefan (vocals); Jorge Casas (acoustic guitar, bass, fretless bass, programming); John DeFaria (guitar, programming); Juanito Marquez, Michael Thompson, Brian Monroney, Rene Luis Toledo (guitar); Ed Calle, Mike Scaglione (saxophone); Teddy Mulet (trumpet, trombone); Randy Barlow (trumpet, background vocals); Tony Concepcion (trumpet); Dana Teboe (trombone); Clay Ostwald (piano, keyboards, organ, programming, background vocals); Paquito Hechevarria, Angelo Morris (piano); Robert Rodriguez (drums); Rafael Padilla (percussion); Jon Secada, Betty Wright, Jeanette Wright-Black, Carl Ramsey, Anita Faye Greene, Rod Wilson, Clovette Hilton, Lawrence Dermer, Miami Choral Society, Rafael Vigil (background vocals). Producers: Jorge Casas, Clay Ostwald, The Jerks, Emilio Estefan Jr. Pricipally recorded at Crescent Moon Studios and Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida. This is a multi-channel Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players. Personnel includes: Gloria Estefan (vocals); Juanito Marquez, Michael Thompson, Brian Monroney, Rene Luis Toledo (guitar); John DeFaria (guitar, programming); Ed Calle, Mike Scaglione (saxophones); Tony Concepcion (trumpet); Randy Barlow (trumpet, background vocals); Teddy Mulet (trumpet, trombone); Dana Teboe (trombone); Paquito Hechevarria, Angelo Morris (piano); Clay Ostwald (piano, keyboards, organ, programming, background vocals); Jorge Casas (bass, fretless bass, acoustic guitar, programming); Robert Rodriguez (drums); Rafael Padilla (percussion); Jon Secada, Betty Wright, Jeanette Wright-Black, Carl Ramsey, Anita Faye Greene, Rod Wilson, Clovette Hilton, Lawrence Dermer, Rafael Vigil (background vocals); Miami Choral Society. Producers: Jorge Casas, Clay Ostwald, The Jerks, Emilio Estefan Jr. Pricipally recorded at Crescent Moon Studios and Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Gloria Estefan (vocals, background vocals); Shannon Hammatt, Lee Budy, Jr., Lisette Valle, Gerald "J.J." Wood, Jean Marie Haskins, Vivian Valdes, Sabrina Bozek (vocals); John DeFaria (guitar, acoustic guitar, programming); Juanito Marquez, Brian Monroney (guitar); Rene Toledo (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Jorge Casas (acoustic guitar, electric bass, fretless bass, programming); Michael Hart Thompson , Michael Thompson (electric guitar); Debra Spring, Valerie Bruce (violin, viola); Mei Mei Luo, Davis E. Chappel, Jose A. Montoto, Marian Myszko, Bogdan Chruszcz, Geremy Miller, Stuart MacDonald, John DiPuccio, XI Yang, Alfredo Oliva (violin); David Chappell (viola); Phil Lakofsky, Steven Sirgurdson, Steve Sigurdson, Jorge Sicre (cello); Lea Kibler (flute); Richard K. Hancock (clarinet, French horn); Mike Scaglione, Ed Calle (saxophone); Teddy Mulet (trumpet, trombone); Randy Barlow (trumpet, background vocals); Tony Concepcion (trumpet); Dwayne Dixon (French horn); Dana Teboe (trombone); Clay Ostwald (piano, organ, keyboards, programming, background vocals); Angelo Morris, Paquito Hechevarria (piano); Robert Rodriguez (drums); Rafael Padilla (percussion); Lawrence Dermer (programming, background vocals); Miguel A. Morejonjon, Nat Seidman, A. Miguel Morejon, Joe Galdo (programming); Rafael Vigil, Namphuyo Aisha McCray, Carl Ramsey, Jeannette Wright-Black, Clovette Hilton, Anita Faye Green, Rod Wilson, Jeanette Wright Black, Jon Secada, Betty Wright (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Clay Ostwald; Eric Schilling ; Pablo Flores; Humberto Gatica; Andrew Roshberg; John Hagg; John Haag; Mike Couzzi; Phil Ramone. Recording information: Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, FL; Cresent Moon Studios, Miami, FL; Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, FL; International Sound Studios, Miami, FL; New River Studios, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Studio 55, Los Angeles, CA. Director: Timothy A. Sharp. Photographers: Antoine Verglas; Alberto Tolot. Arrangers: Clay Ostwald; Miguel A. Morejonjon; Gloria Estefan; Nat Seidman; A. Miguel Morejon; Joe Galdo; John DeFaria; Jorge Casas; Lawrence Dermer; Ricardo Eddy Martinez; Betty Wright; Gary Lindsay. In 1984, Gloria Estefan started off as the lead singer of Miami Sound Machine. By 1987, after scoring four big hits from their first major U.S. album, they became Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine, and by 1989, after even bigger success, it was simply Gloria Estefan. This greatest-hits collection covers the years 1985 to 1992, featuring most of the pop confections that propelled her to the top of the charts and to international stardom. Among the hits included are her three number ones: "Anything for You," "Coming Out of the Dark," and "Don't Wanna Lose You," as well as other Top Ten hits including "Conga," "Words Get in the Way," "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You," "Can't Stay Away from You," "Here We Are," and the single mix of "1-2-3." There are a few glaring omissions, however. "Bad Boy," her second Top Ten hit, was left off, and that is unfortunate because the hit version was a remix of the original album version and is extremely difficult to find on CD. Other omissions include "Dr. Beat," "Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)," "Oye Mi Canto," "Live for Loving You," and "Can't Forget You." To round off the set are four new recordings, including the album's first single, "Always Tomorrow," the Jon Secada-penned "I See Your Smile," the irresistible Latin-flavored dance track "Go Away," and the semi-tepid holiday tune "Christmas Through Your Eyes." This is a good collection from a great artist that could have been a great collection had they included all the hits. ~ Jose F. Promis 1992's GREATEST HITS puts a cap on Gloria Estefan's biggest period of chart dominance, the period between her pop breakthrough with the Miami Sound Machine's frothy dance-pop hit "Conga" and her biggest solo hit, 1991's "Coming Out of the Dark." That song, alluding to the near-fatal tour-bus accident that sidelined her in 1990, was the deciding point between Estefan's Latin-pop roots and her future as an adult contemporary balladeer, making GREATEST HITS a handy summing up of the first part of her career. Along with four new recordings (including the Jon Secada co-write "I See Your Smile"), GREATEST HITS gathers 10 of Estefan's biggest hits. Although GREATEST HITS gives short shrift to the 1985 breakthrough album PRIMITIVE LOVE, including only the smash hits "Words Get In The Way" and "Conga," any halfway-serious Gloria Estefan fan already has that album. This gives the set more room for summarizing highlights from the albums that followed, from lighter-than-air dance tracks like "1-2-3" to dramatic ballads like "Don't Wanna Lose You."

Entertainment Weekly (11/27/92, p.78) - "...fails to answer the key question of whatever happened to Miami Sound Machine, but it does cram in ten top 10 hits by the heir to Karen Carpenter..." - Rating: B Entertainment Weekly (11/27/92, p.78) - "...fails to answer the key question of whatever happened to Miami Sound Machine, but it does cram in ten top 10 hits by the heir to Karen Carpenter..." - Rating: B Q (1/93, p.97) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Cuban-born Gloria Estefan bacame one of the most successful crossover acts of the '80s by cleverly mixing Latin rhythms with mainstream dance music..." Q (1/93, p.97) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Cuban-born Gloria Estefan bacame one of the most successful crossover acts of the '80s by cleverly mixing Latin rhythms with mainstream dance music..."

Gloria Estefan began her career as the lead singer for Miami Sound Machine, which found great popularity in the 1980s with its salsa-tinged dance music, and she went on to be a Latin crossover success story. Estefan has since gone solo and experimented with romantic ballads, Latin-inspired pop, and smooth Afro-Cuban Spanish-language albums, but her greatest strength lies in irrepressible, danceable party music.

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